Savage denies union official on petition signing
G W Savage secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of Ohio denies making a statement about the petition to reinstate Oral Daugherty. He says the petition was not read to the board and that signatories were unknown, while warning against misleading public claims aimed at demoralizing miners in the Hocking Valley.
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G. W. Savage
United Mine Workers of Ohio
The
Messenger
Oral Daugherty
Savage
United Mine Workers of America
United Press Association
Columbus
the Messenger
United Press
Hogs Released In New York Central Wreck
A fast freight on the New York Central railroad crashed into a pusher engine near Alum Creek, derailing both engines and destroying two hog car loads. About 50 hogs were killed and several train workers injured, with hogs still wandering the fields afterward.
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Columbus
Corning Division
New York Central Railroad
Last Day for Maggie and Jiggs Letters and Corn Beef Recipe
The Messenger urges readers to submit letters by Saturday August 11 about Maggie and Jiggs and a corn beef and cabbage recipe. Many letters have already arrived since the contest was announced and editors promise worthwhile awards for worthy contributions.
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Maggie
Jiggs
Mines in Hocking district resume as 1,383 workers count grows
In the Hocking district, including Athens Hocking and Perry counties, fifteen mines are operating with 1,383 miners employed yesterday. Morgan county reports a New York Coal company mine restarting. Daily miner totals rise by about 60 as non union labor returns.
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Hocking
Athens County
Henderson
National Guard
Ohio
Morgan
New York Coal Company
Hocking District
Athens
Perry
Adjutant-General
Num
Snake Bite Hurts Ruth Milstead in Ilesboro Blackberry Patch
Ruth Milstead a 15 year old girl was bitten on the left leg above the ankle while picking blackberries near her home in Ilesboro. She walked home told her mother and was taken to Dr C F Shonk in Logan where the wound showed little swelling suggesting a non poisonous snake.
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Logan
Old Conductor Bert Barnes Dies After Long Service
Bert Barnes 72 longtime Hocking Valley conductor died Wednesday in Mercy hospital after an operation. He would have reached 60 years with HV in August and hoped to retire on a pension. Born in Lancaster he worked first for C&MV and joined HV in 1878. He lived in Columbus at 802 Hamlet St and is survived by son Frank of Barnes Studios.
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Bert Barnes
Hocking Valley Railroad
Mercy Hospital
Barnes
Lancaster
Athens County
E. R. Lash, Sr
Columbus
Hamlet Street
Frank
South High Street
Athens
Farmers About to Organize to Protect Own
In Columbus on August 9 M S Winder Chicago secretary of the American Farm Bureau told 300 Ohio county and township farm bureau leaders that American farmers are on the threshold of a great advancement. He urged uniting all farmers into one cohesive body to solve their problems and emphasized cooperation amid evolving adversity.
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Columbus
America
M. S. Winder
Chicago
American Farm Bureau
Ohio County
Neil
Dry machine power shatters as internal strife grows
In Columbus H D Cook of Ashtabula declares the drys are fighting inside their ranks. He says the dry organization is shot to pieces and internal strife marks the beginning of the end for the party's short term Republican senatorial nomination fight.
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Columbus
Dry
H. D. Cook
Ashtabula
WCAH
Drys
Gate note warns against harboring scabs at boarding house
Mrs. Margaret Conkle Ball of Buchtel recounts a threatening letter posted at her gate over her non union work bringing boarders. She defends her home and labor, cites union petitions and coal demands from West Virginia and Kentucky, and laments past union decisions and the Jacksonville scale.
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Buchtel
Margaret Conkle Ball
Harley Worden
Messenger
West Virginia
Kentucky
John Lewis
Jacksonville
Ohio voters edge toward pivotal primary races
In Columbus on August 9 voters faced tight state and congressional contests. The Republican gubernatorial field included Myers Y. Cooper James T Begg and Edward C Turner. The Democratic race centered on Martin L Davey Earl D Bloom and Peter Witt as the likely frontrunner amid heated campaigning and accusations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Edward C. Turner
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Earl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
Peter Witt
Cleveland
Petition Drives for Judge Salary Amendment Filed in Ohio
Petitions signed by 172 661 voters seeking a constitutional amendment to allow salary increases for supreme court and common pleas judges while in office were filed with Secretary of State Brown in Columbus. Signatures come from 67 counties. 140 000 are required to place the measure on the November ballot after verification by county boards of elections.
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Columbus
U.P
Supreme Court
Courts of Common Pleas
Brown
Confident Davey Expected to Win Democratic Nomination
Columbus report states Congressman Martin L. Davey will secure the Democratic nomination for governor with a margin greater than all opponents combined. W. O. Hollister, head of the Davey for Governor club in Kent, says the claim counters anti Davey critiques from Rev. P. B. Suppert of Delaware regarding the Anti Saloon League endorsement.
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Columbus
U.R
Martin L. Davey
W. O. Hollister
Kent
Hollister
Anti- Saloon League
P. B. Suppert
Delaware
League
Davey
al Smith
Father and Two Children Drown Tragic River Rescue
In Cincinnati on August 9 a father Rollie Yelton and his children Evelyn Esther and Clifford died while trying to rescue a third child from the Licking river near Covington Kentucky Evelyn 1 Esther 12 and Clifford 14 perished after stepping into a deep hole while chasing a shell. Rollie dived in to save them and both were pulled under by the current. The bodies of Rollie and Clifford were recovered.
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Cincinnati
O.R
Licking River
Covington
Evelyn
Esther
Clifford
Yelton
Boy Falls Into Cistern At Lower Plains
A near tragedy occurred at Lower Plains when 15 year old Roscoe Shields Jr fell head first into a cistern while drawing water. He was rescued from the pool by his grandparents Lit Guess and wife.
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Chauncey
Lower Plains
Roscoe Shields, Jr
Roscoe Shields
Lit Guess
Election Night Plans At Messenger Building
The Messenger in Southeastern Ohio prepares for a major party style coverage of primary returns on Tuesday night August 14. County and local results from the Athens county courthouse will be displayed via a stereoptical lantern, with state totals received by leased wire from the United Press in Columbus and relayed to Athens. The service runs from 7:30 PM until all attendees depart, aiming for rapid, accurate results.
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Mesenger
Messenger
Ohio
Election Board
Athens County
United Press Association
Columbus
Athens
League prints marked ballot again in Ohio governor race
The American Issue official anti alcohol league publication reaffirmed its endorsement of Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The ballot shows a marked X before Cooper as more acceptable than Begg, provoking open defiance from league officials.
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Columbus
U.P
Anti-Saloon League
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Cooper
Begg
League
Moore
Dustman
Missouri Senate race tightens after late primary returns
Late returns in Missouri's biennial primary election bolster the leads of dry Democratic and Republican candidates for the United States Senate.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
United States Senate
Tunney to Wed Greenwich Heiress in New York Fall
United Press reports Gene Tunney the heavyweight champion plans marriage to Mary Josephine Lauder daughter of a wealthy Greenwich family. The couple’s engagement was confirmed by friends, with the ceremony anticipated this autumn or winter in New York.
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United Press
New York
Pugilist
Gene Tunney
Mary Josephine Lauder
Greenwich, Conn
Tunney
George Lauder Jr
Miss Lauder
Lauder
Greenwich Village
N. Y
Carnegies
Rowlands
Connecticut
Royal
State Utilities suspends bus route order for 30 days
Columbus August 9 The State Utilities Commission approved a 30 day suspension of the order requiring Central Ohio Transit to resume use of seven passenger buses on the Lancaster to Athens route. The suspension came at the request of the company.
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Columbus
U.P
State Utilities Commission
Central Ohio ‘Transit Company
Lancaster
Athens
Florida hurricane batters coast leaves towns isolated
The tropical hurricane moved north along Florida striking Tampa and St. Petersburg isolating the west coast. Reports cite widespread property and citrus crop damage with no confirmed deaths. Wires failed, Orlando and Miami faced outages as the storm tracked inland toward the Panhandle.
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Jacksonville
Fle
U.P
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Florida Peninsula
Lowes
Orlando
Kissimmee
Great Florida
Palm Beaches
Miami
Palm Beach
Florida
Linar Lanmtpira
Bahamas
Reed Faces Two Setbacks in Missouri State Politics
In Missouri James A. Reed, nearing retirement after eighteen years in the Senate, suffers two political reversals. Despite support from Missouri Democrats for Al Smith at Houston, Reed loses broader backing as Smith's nomination advances. This week Charles M. Hay defeats James A. Collet for the Senate nomination, a result Reed calls another Heflin-like setback.
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ST. Louis
United States Senate
James A. Reed
Missouri
Houston
Alfred E. Smith
Charles M. Hay
Tom Heflin
Reed
United States
James A. Collet
Candy craving leads to taxi collision injuring two girls
In Columbus on August 9, six year old Mary Alice Meghey and her eight year old sister Helen rushed for five cents worth candy at a store on North Fourth Street. While crossing Fourth Street the younger girl was struck by the front wheel of a taxicab driven by Curtis Patrick. Helen pulled Mary Alice back at the last moment, avoiding worse injuries.
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Columbus
Mary Alice Meghey
Marion
Helen
Acrom
North Fourth Street
Second Avenue
Fourth Street
Curtis Patrick
Parsons Avenue
Joint Freight Tariff Sought by Ohio Rail and Bus Firms
The Scioto Valley Railway and Power company and the Central Ohio Transit company filed for a joint dispatch freight tariff with the State Utilities Commission. They contend the new tariff would be lower than existing combined rates on the Columbus to Lancaster traction lines and the Lancaster to Athens bus route.
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Columbus
Scioto Valley Railway and Power Company
Lancaster
Central Ohio Transit Company
Athens
State Utilities Commission
William Zimmerman Dies Near Albany
William Zimmerman age 81 died at his home five miles west of Albany from heart disease. Funeral services will be at 1100 hours Saturday at the Weaver church with Rev Thompson of McArthur. Burial in the church cemetery. Survived by widow, eight children Edward Ray Robert Albany R D Kent Zaleski Athens R D and others.
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Albany
William Zimmerman
Weaver Church
Thompson of
R. D
Robert Zimmerman
Kent
James Jones
William Rosser
Zaleski
Marion Johnson
Athens R. D
Otterbein College Dean Cora McFadden Resigns Due To Ill Health
Miss Cora A. McFadden longtime dean of women at Otterbein college retires today because of ill health. The resignation was accepted by the executive committee.
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Westerville
Cora A. McFadden
Otterbein College
Evecutive. Com
Sun Suits Booklet Offers Fun Summer Playwear
The Athens Messenger features a booklet on sun suits described as cute Little tumbles for outdoor summer play. Three simple sun suits claim to maximize playtime benefit. Send for a copy using the coupon and enclose four coins or stamps for postage.
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